Purpose of this notice
This notice tells you how the Surrey Climate Commission will collect and process your personal data when you access this website.
Where we got your personal data from
- From you: we collect personal data from the form on the working group enquiry form on our website. We also collect personal data through our annual community groups survey. The uses of this data are indicated on the forms. We may also collect personal data on paper forms at events, for feedback or follow ups relevant to that event. Please see below information relating to the Local Energy Advice Demonstrator project.
- From external sources: we use Eventbrite to market our events. Read the Eventbrite Privacy Policy
Notifications and newsletters
By subscribing to our enquiry form on the 'Get Involved' page you are giving consent to the receipt of email notifications from Surrey Climate Commission about activities, news and events related to the Commission.
You may unsubscribe at any time by following the relevant link in the email or by emailing Surrey Climate Commission (info@surreyclimate.org.uk).
Data storage
The information that you provide to Surrey Climate Commission will be stored securely and access will be restricted to members of the Secretariat. Only data essential for contacting you about news, events and activities will be held, and for as short a time as possible. We will not hold data for any longer than six years.
Third parties
Surrey Climate Commission will not share your personal data with third parties (without your explicit agreement).
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
The Surrey Climate Commission website uses first-party cookies which are set by our website. They are categorised as strictly necessary, which are essential to the operation of the website, and performance cookies which collect anonymous information about the usage of our website. By using our website you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.
We do not use cookies to collect personal information about you. Should you wish to restrict or block cookies which are set by our website you can do this through your browser settings. The ‘help’ function within your browser or the manual that comes with your device should tell you how. You may also wish to visit http://www.aboutcookies.org/ which contains comprehensive information on how you can do this on a wide variety of browsers. Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of our website.
The description below explains the cookies we use and why:
Name: has_js
Purpose: This helps the website understand browser javascript functionality
Typical content: An on/off flag that denotes whether or not the browser supports Javascript
Expires: On site exit
Cookies set by third parties:
Provider: Google Analytics
Name: _utma; _utmb; _utmc; _utmz
Purpose: These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
Changes to this statement
This statement and therefore the ways in which your data may be processed can be changed from time to time. Any changes will only be notified via this web page.
Further information and contact
If you have any queries relating to this privacy notice or the way your data is being processed through this website then please contact Surrey Climate Commission. See 'Contact us' for the other ways you can contact the Surrey Climate Commission.
Local Energy Advice Demonstrator Project
Download the Commission's privacy notice for the Local Energy Advice Demonstrator research below.
This page was updated 29 November 2023.
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